This Way to Christmas

by Ruth Sawyer

Printed in the United States of America

Published October, 1916

TO

DAVID

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CONTENTS

CHAP.		PAGE
I.	The Chapter before the Beginning	[1]
II.	The Locked-out Fairy	[14]
III.	Barney’s Tale of the Wee Red Cap	[28]
IV.	David Goes Seeking the Way to Christmas and Finds the Flagman	[43]
V.	The Pathway to Uncle Joab and a New Santa Claus	[61]
VI.	The Locked-out Fairy Again Leads the Way and David Hears of a Christmas Promise	[77]
VII.	The Trapper’s Tale of the First Birthday	[100]
VIII.	The Christmas that Was Nearly Lost	[119]
IX.	St. Bridget	[139]
X.	The Chapter after the End	[158]

AUTHOR’S NOTE

The author wishes to acknowledge the courtesy of Mrs. William Sharpe, who has so kindly given her permission for the adaptation of parts of Fiona Macleod’s “Muime Chroisd” for the legend of St. Bridget, told here by Johanna. The author found many fragments of the legend in the north of Ireland; but nowhere was it complete as recorded by Fiona Macleod from the Island of Iona.

THIS WAY TO CHRISTMAS